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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-20

OWING to the constant danger of the
little ones from diphtheria. it would
be we'll for the parents TO preserve the
following, which is said to be sover-
eign specific in the early stages of the
disease: After gargling the throat
ed sulphur puffed into the throat, not
bv a person blowing with his breath,
bnt with a small bellows. A poultice
made of lard and ginger, when applied
externally, furnishes relief. Great
care should be taken to keep the pa
tisnt warm and the digestion in good
condition,-[Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-20

The tariff act of 1882 provided that
by sliding scale for ten years duties
should be reduced to 20 per cent. This
act was repealed in 1925 and higher
tariff laid
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-20

ITCH AND SCRATCHES of every kind
SANITARY LOTION. Use no other.
This never fails. Sold by Belding &
Gibbons, Druggists, Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-20

When you have occasion to buy
another SUIT OF CLOTHES or
OVERCOAT, for yourself or
boys, see that the above label is
on the coat, and you will secure
tie BEST FITTING, BEST
WEARING and BEST LOOK
ING CLOTHING MADE.
Every garment bears a ticket, on
which appears the "T, C. & Co"
monogram Grade mrk). Try it
For Gale by j. G. BEATTY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-20

The following are the average rates
of custom duties since the organiZa-
tion Of our Government under. the
Constitution:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Pension Decisions.

GEORGE III. FULLER of Montgomery
has obtained pension of 81 month
and 81 ,l60 arrears on an appeal to the
secretary of the interior after his claim
had been rejected in the pension office,
on the ground that there was no record
at the war department showing treat
ment for varcocele, and he was unable
to prove, to the satisfaction of the COM
missioner of pensions. that it was in
cured in the service and line of duty.
The commissioner of pensions, in his
letter of rejection, dated May, 1885,
added that "while the claimant may
have been injured as alleged, and yet
not be aware that the injury was
varicocele until after his discharge, it is
not proved that he was so injured in
the service and line of duty" Colonel
Nichols, special examiner of the
pension office, investigated Mr.. Fuller's
claim before it was rejected and made
an adverse report. 0. n. Kelton, Esq,
of Montgomery was attorney for Mr.
Fuller and advised him to employ Mr.
Deavitt to appeal the case to the secre-
tary of the interior. Mr.. Kelton as
sisted Mr.. Deavitt in making up the
case to present to the interior depart
ment, where it has been decided that
the injury for which pension was
claimed was proved to have originated
in the service and line of duty by the
testimony filed in the pension office,
and the claimant was justly entitled to
II pension.
CAPTAIN MOSES MCFARLAND of
Waterville, brave officer in the Eighth
Vermont Volunteers, has won his case
before the secretary of the interior for
higher rate of pension, covering the
years that his disability disabled him
entirely for manual labor and for which
he had been granted pension of so a
month from the date of his discharge
from the service. In his appeal Cap
tain Mcfarland claimed that for many
years prior to October, 1888, when he
submitted himself to a surgical opera
ton that brought great relief, his dis
ability was such as to entitle him to a
much higher rate of pension than the
rating at first given him. His attorney,
Il. j. Deavitt of Montpelier, contended
in his brief in this case that the law
known as the arrears act authorized the
granting of different rates of pension
from time to time, covering the period
for which pension is paid, which rates
should be governed by the extent of
the soldiers disability from the dis
eases for which pension is paid, and
that a soldier is entitled to a higher
rate of pension while under medical
treatment and unable to labor than he
is when he is able to perform ordinary
labor large part of the time. He also
claimed that the rate given in this case
was that for a very small disability,
when the pensioners rank is con-
sidered, and that the evidence in the
case showed that his disability was very
great until he obtained relief by the
skillful use of surgeons knife in
1888. Under recent decision of the
secretary of the interior Captain McFar-
land has received a pension at the rate
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Something for Girls to Read.

A writer in the Chicago Journal
breaches the following sermon to girls
on the danger of Irritation. 1t is worth
reading, every line of it: GA girl
tirts with a stranger on the street.
The result is something disagreeable,
and straightway comes the excuse !:
Why, | meant no harm. | simply
wanted to have little fun!' Now, look
me straight in the eye, young gossamer-
head, while | tell you what | know.
The girl who will indulge in Irritation
with strange young men in public
places, however harmless and innocent
it may appear, places herself in their
estimation upon level with the most
abandoned of her sex and courts the
same vile regard. Strong language for
a mild-mannered Amber to make use
of, but | tell you become a furious
old grandmother the moment | see a
blessed young girl tiptoeing herthought-
less way upon this road that leads to
death and destruction The boat that
dances like a feather on the tide few
miles above the commencement of
Niagara rapids is just as much lost as
when it enters the swirling water of
waters, unless a strong hand keeps it
up stream and out of danger. A flirta-
ton to-day is ripple merely, but to-
morrow it will be breaker, and then a
whirlpool, and after that comes hope
less loss of character"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Before Petersburg.

Any striking event or piece of news
was eagerly discussed by the white
troops, and in the ranks military crit
les were as plenty and perhaps more
voluble than among the officers. Not
so with the blacks; important news,
such as that before us, after the bare
announcement was usually followed
by long silence. They sat about in
They waited, like the Quakers, for the
spirit to move; when the spirit moved
one of their singers would uplift
mighty voice, like bard of old, in
wild sort of chant. If he did not strike
sympathetic chord in his hearers, if
they did not find in his utterance the
exponent of their idea, he would sing
it again and again, altering sometimes
the words, or more often the music.
If his change met general acceptance,
one voice after another would chime
in; rough harmony of three parts
would add ITSELF other groups would
join his, and the song became the song
of the command. The night we
learned that we we were to lead the
charge Con the explosion of the Peters
burg mine) the news filled them too
full for ordinary utterance. The joy
Gus negro guffaw, always breaking out
about the campfire, ceased. They
formed circles in their company streets
and were sitting on the ground intently
and solemnly . studying" At last a
heavy voice began to sing, "We-e
like me-en IA marchin' on, we looks
like men-er war" Over and over
again he sang it, making slight changes.
The rest watched him intently; no
sign of approval or disapproval escaped
their lips or appeared on their faces.
All at once, when his refrain had
struck the right response in their
hearts, his group took it up, and shortly
half thousand voices were appraised.
1t was picturesque scene, these dark
men, with their white eyes and teeth
and full red lips, crouching over a
smoldering campfire, in dusky shadow,
with only the feeble rays of lanterns of
the first sergeants and the lights of the
candles dimly showing through the
tents. The sound was as weird as the
scene when all the voices struck the
low " E " Qast note but one), held it,
and then rose to " Al with pOrta-
mentO as sonOrous as it was clumsy.
Until we fought the battle of the era
ter they sang this every night, to the
exclusion of all other songs. After
that defeat they sang it no more.-The
Centltru,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Concerning COrsets.

We give this week two communica-
tons concerning this much-used and
discussed article of female apparel.
We do not purpose discussing at this
time the evils or benefits of corsets,
either for appearance or health, as
others will no doubt find something of
value to add But sentence in "Si,
lent's " letter concerning women's
work suggests thought or two. 1t is
no doubt true that women work hard
1t curiously CHANGED that "Silent's :"
article was first perused in the floral
hall of local fair, and when the editor
came to the sentence about work he
stopped and glanced about the hall
crazy quilts of infinite and infinites-
imal pieces deliberately worked, pieced
bed-qults of like labor, drawn-in rugs,
braided rugs, knitted bed-spreads, bed
spreads crotcheted, tides, shawls,
toilet cushions, Clancy work" for va
rious uses, "parlor ornaments that
were ornamental and others which
true artistic taste must consider as
frightful-and this thought came to us !:
How much of woman's work is there
done which is unnecessary for either
health, comfort or enjoyment? "Si-
lents" letter indicates the cultured
woman. Her writing is almost like
printing, it is so plain. What portion
Gf any of the time devoted to feminine
" fancy work" or to mental accom-
plishments could with profit be spent
in the requirement or preservation of
physical health? All the elegancies
and luXuries of refined life have to be
paid for in work, and the questions are,
Where shall the line be drawn? Wien
shall work for the sake of appearance
cease and the time taken for it be given
to rest and Incorporation? Miss Skeeter's
bill is sharp again this week and her
hum not to be mistaken. We are in
clined to believe her in error when she
charges that men are parties in fault in
that they admire small waists. She
should give some proof of her assertions
or we must assert that it is rather that
women think men admire them, and are
in error when they think so. There
may be men who do admire attenuated
waists, for there are foolish men as
well as women. But that men as 6
rule like to see such waist we
must decidedly dispute. The sub
ject, as presented by SILENT" is Sc
rious one, as it involves the well-being
and comfort of the human race, and We
would like to see it discussed till il
might be productive of good.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Whose Fault E!
Jersey Corner, August 23d.

One hears a good deal about the
" kitchen mothers " and the "parlor
daughters" Many times this is the
fault of the mother herself. She loves
her girl and. wishes her young life to
be free from care and work. She looks
back herself, perhaps, to the time when
she was happy, free-hearted girl as
the happiest time of her life, and she
wishes her daughter to enjoy her home
and remember it in after days as the
one pleasant place on earth. She is
proud of her child's white hands and
does not wish them to get rough and
brown in such homely domestic service
as making bread and washing dishes.
The mother may be plain, sensible
mother on all other subjects but this.
Here the " mother love-" which is truly
wonderful, comes in and makes her too
unselfish and too generous. She likes
to hear her Lizzie play on the piano
She herself gave up her music when
they moved on to the farm and the
children came fast and thick, but she
is fond of hearing the new songs, and
Lizzie sings them $50 pretty" every
one says. She remembers how her
1cuh5 uoCi w SOllC ollS
with her, and Lizzie looks like her, is
stylish and pretty, and is always in de-
mand for church socials and picnics.
She belongs to literary club, and her
essays are talked about as being more
than good. She paints a little, en-
broiders a good deal, and the parlor is
frightened up with her work and taste.
Somebody must be ready to see COM
pany, and who can do the honors so
well as Lizzie? So Lizzie is kept out
of the kitchen, no matter how anxious
she may be to help mother to do the
cooking, and, feeling in her secret soul
that work ennobles rather than de-
grades, she becomes "parlor orna-
ment" while the mother tolls in the
kitchen. Whose fault is it?-NeU En-
Igland Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
of $50 a month from January 1, 1887
to October, 1888, with $500 arrears.
The Traitor of Libby Prison.

Richmond letter-writer says, in the
New York San, under date of August
9th: Twenty-four years ago yester-
day one of the most remarkable trials
in all history took place in this city. 1t
was held in Libby prison. Under the
leadership of Colonel Strait, who is now
a bookseller in little Indiana town,
plot was formed among the Union pris-
oners in Libby prison to effect gem
eral escape. The plot not only involved
the liberation of the mass of prisoners,
but the capture of the guard and bat
terry at the prison and the release of the
Union prisoners at Belle Isle, across
the James river. The burning of Rich
mond and capture of the confederate
cabinet was also part of the plan.
Nine officers were in the undertaking,
and it promised to be a success. The
day before the start was to be made one
of the officers betrayed the plot. A
court-martal was at once held and he
was found guilty. AS the vote was be-
ing taken on the question of guilt Strait
was seen to be twisting rope out of
pieces of calico. When the verdict was
announced he said: There can be but
one sentence, gentlemen, and | am
ready to execute it, He advanced with
the rope. The prisoner turned pale.
AT this cavalry officer of the name of
Louis Thompson stepped in front of
the prisoner and said: This court is
not legal one and you dare not hang
this man. Strait insisted that this
man be hanged. He has had every
chance for his life and the verdict is
just one. He shall be hanged down
this hatchway.' Other men Joined
Thompson, and the moderate view pre-
vailed. Preserve the record of this
court said he, and when we get out
take it to Secretary Stanton, and if this
man has done wrong we all know the
old man will punish him. The next
! day the traitor was removed from the
prison. The record was kept, and
when Strait did escape, few months
later, he took it with him. In due time
it was placed in Stanton's hands, and
when the betrayer was exchanged the
war secretary had him dismissed from
the army. Andy johnson restored him,
and he is still in the service. Those who
know the affair will not reveal his name.
Thompson was killed with Custer.
Strait and an officer named Hamilton,
now out on the frontier, are the only
ones living of the nine officers, except
the man who betrayed them and came
so near being hanged that sultry Au-
gust day with the pieces of an old cal
leo bed-quilt."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
What Causes the "Limp Invalid "

| have sometimes read with amuse-
ment and sometimes with disgust the
discussion of corset-wearing in the
Homestead, without meddling there
with, but now, if the Household de-
partment of the WATCHMAN is going
to open the subject, will speak on the
question, if the editor will allow. I
wear corset so seldom that can al
most say l do not use the article. l
never wore one week at a time in
my life and never wore out half a dozen,
and yet at thirty-siX | am as much
broken in health as the average woman.
| can multiply examples. / know of
several of my neighbors who only wear
corsets to church (Which are taken off
upon returning home) and upon those
full-dress occasions which are so few
in the country, and they are not in
health. My mother never had on a
corset, and yet ever since my first re-
membrance of her she was physical
wreck, and for years before she died
life was a torture from nervous disease;
but she was the mother of ten children,
very Woodworking woman, and had
but little change or rest. The i'll
health of the present generation of
women is a serious thing, but it is
nonsense to attribute it to corsets.
Woman is an active being, and only in
exceptional cases will she be hampered
by tight clothing. A lazy woman is
rare. The woman of pleasure is active,
and we all love our comfort as well as
our looks. What, then, does cause the
" limp invalid?" In the first place our
mothers, having no leisure to wear
corsets, worked so hard, had such large
families, were so worn with care and
the monotony of their narrow indoor
lives that they could not by any means
transmit to their children healthy
bodies, and their daughters, after the
first elasticity of youth is over, find
themselves failing and in position to
realize something of what their mothers
have endured. The next generation
will be worse yet, unless something can
be devised to give the woman of to-day
less care, less of the ceaseless routine
of toll which characterizes her life,
especially on farm. Confinement to
the house in close, artilicially-heated
rooms greatly aggravates nervous dis
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
sSoloiers' Budget.
Pensions Granted.

To Charles A. Sanders, Montpelier,
an increase from SO to S12 a month
and 1924 arrears; George A. Boyce,
Braintree, 50 month and 500 arrears
William j. Foster, Montpelier, an in
crease from So to S12 month and
S2l8 arrears; David Ellis, Roxbury, an
increase from 50 to Sc a month and
$500 arrears; 4. O. Wormell, Burling-
ton, an increase from S4 to $24 a
month; John X. Clements, Milford,
N. H., Sc a month and 1915 arrears
Michael Eagan, Claremont, n. H., an
increase from 50 to "a a month; Delos
V. Hubbard, Chicopee, Mass, an in
crease from S4 to go a month; Warren
Pepper, Washington, an increase from
S12 to $40 a month; Philander r..
Pachaid, Gaysville, an increase from
IS to SIG a month and 5000 arrears
Mark l.. Andrews, Craftsbury, an in
crease from "a to IS a month and $500
arrears
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
/" Me Too, Pete.N

l was much pleased in the way
Bach" recently condemned the
wearing of corsets and the terrible
effects of tight-lacing. l agree with all
he says, and more, too, for being one
of the " weaker sex" myself 0hough
not weak enough to wear corsets) l
have had more opportunity than he
may have had for observing the evil
effects of that devilish instrument of
torture, the corset. When ] buy
pair of corsets l will order my coffin at
the same time and pray that the misery
l am causing myself and those around
me may last as short time as possible.
But did it ever occur to you, my dear
friend and co-worker, that it is really
the fault of the men that this insane
and suicidal custom is kept up by
women? If men did not admire small
waists and a corset form you would not
be able to find one anywhere. just as
long as they do admire them and make
fun of women who are dressed so it is
possible for them to draw long breath
just so long will they have sickly, de-
formed, demonstrating fashion-plates
for wives and daughters, and puny, I'M
wholesome, effeminate sons. 1t is no
more than fair that it should be so.
When men understand the anatomy of
the human form so well that they will
shudder at the sight of a woman en-
cased in eorsets, and when they learn
to admire what is natural and not what
is deformed, and when they really ,cish
for wives that are healthy and strong
and true help-meets, instead of dilapi-
dated hindrances, then there will be a
revolution. The corsets will be turned
into rat-traps and scare-crows, and the
world will be filed with happy homes
and strong, well-formed children, and
though physicians will lose much of
their practice and Lydia Pinkham will
die for want of patronage, the world at
large will be better and happier.
Miss SKEETER.
Jersey Corner, August ODD
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
Questions Answered.

A. A., BARRE.-Your application for
increase of pension has probably reached
the pension office in due course. Many
such applications filed in the pension
office last June and July have not been
heard from yet. There is more delay
in increase cases than usual, which
may be due to the vacation of clerks
during the hot weather.
II. r., MIDDLEBURY.-If three men
were on the lake in a boat-one a soldier
who had lost an arm in the United
States army, for which he was pen
sioned-and the boat capsized and the
soldier was drowned, while the others
escaped, the widow of the soldier, we
are inclined to believe, could secure a
pension. 1t is fair to presume that the
soldier would have escaped death also
had he not lost an arm.
G.. G.. D., WINDHAM.- Your Wash
ington attorney is mistaken when he
says that you cannot receive pension on
account of your son, who died in the
army, on whom you were dependent for
a support, because he contributed moth
ing toward your support after he
entered the army. Perhaps he could
not contribute, by reason of not
receiving his pay from the govern
ment, or he might have been killed
before the first payday after he en-
listed. The law does not require con-
tribution to be made after the soldiers
enlistment to entitle dependent rela-
tives to pension.
r. T., WILLIAMsTOwN.- do not
know how one person can lawfully re-
ceive two pensions at the same time.
A widow of a soldier, who was also a
dependent mother of another soldier,
might have two just claims for pension
and could elect which of the two she
would prosecute, but could not be paid
the two pensions. We do not under
stand why the commissioner of pen
sions, in his recent report, recommended
that congress pass law prohibiting the
granting of two pensions to the same
person at the same time. Section AVE
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States provides that nothing in thi:
title shall be so construed as to allow
more than one pension at the same
time to the same person or to persons
entitled jointly; but any pensioner who
shall so elect may surrender his certifi
cate and receive, in lieu thereof, &
certificate for any pension to which he
would have been entitled had not the
surrender certificate been issued. Blu
all payments previously made for any
period covered by the new certificate
shall be deducted from the amour
allowed by such certificate"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28
The Old-FashiOned Kitchen.

How dear to my heart are the days of my boyhoodl
What chestnuts arise as call them to mind
The buttery, the cellar, the big pile of cord-wood
And the old chopping-block with kndngs behind;
The wide opened farmyard, the milSng-stool by 1t;
The cow-on her neck hung dscordant bell;
The barn, the cow-house the chcken-roost nigh 1t,
The apple-tree-out of its branches fe IL
Near the old-fashioned kitchen gabe-roofed Kitchen
The odfashioned kitchen built on in an ell.
To HE to that kitchen deemed IT pleasure
For often Mt noon when returned from the shop,
found on the table a halfgallon measure
Filled up to the brm with cold buttermk pop.
How ardent seized it there's really no knowing;
How quickly drank it hardly can tell.
Then soon, with buttermk down my chin flowing,
In manner on which dislike now to dwell,
/ skipped from the kitchen, old-fashioned kitchen,
That old-fashioned kitchen built on in an ell.
r H. Curtiss, in Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-28

orders. The lack of social life, which
allows a woman's mind to break loose
from its cares and perplexities, is, ]
believe, potent cause of ill-health of
mind and body. But, to use homely
phrase, " Pot should not call the kettle
smut" Men are losing their health,
and their nervous systems are becom-
ing demoralized by the use of tobacco.
This is as serious thing as the other.
HITHERTO SILENT.